Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Maurice_Vincent_Wilkes
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkb:professor
knight bachelor
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Computer_History_Museum_Fellow_Award
gptkb:Faraday_Medal
gptkb:Mountbatten_Medal
Knighthood
Turing Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1913-06-26
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dudley,_England
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 2010-11-29
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkbp:education gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:fieldOfWork computer science
electrical engineering
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:DFBCS
gptkb:FRS
gptkb:FREng
Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:architecture
gptkb:David_Wheeler
gptkb:Stanley_Gill
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Alan_Turing
gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Wilkes_tube
gptkb:EDSAC
early computer design
microprogramming
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Academy_of_Engineering
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:US_National_Academy_of_Engineering
gptkb:British_Computer_Society
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Radar_research_during_World_War_II
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:David_Wheeler
gptkb:Stanley_Gill
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Head_of_the_Computer_Laboratory,_University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Memoirs_of_a_Computer_Pioneer
gptkb:The_Preparation_of_Programs_for_an_Electronic_Digital_Computer
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:retired 1980
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Wilkes
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maurice_Wilkes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5